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Semah ben Josiah ( Hebrew: צמח בן יאשיהו) was the great-grandson of Anan ben David, a Nasi, and the head of the Palestinian yeshiva in the 9th century. [1]
According to a fragment found in the Cairo Genizah ( T-S 312.82), Semah reigned as head of the Palestinian Yeshiva for 31 years and was a Rabbanite. [2] His children lost the position to the rival Gaonic family. [1] Another Genizah fragment (T-S 12.128) lists Semah as both a Rosh Yeshiva and a Nasi. [3]
Semah was proceeded in the Gaonate by his brother Jehoshaphat. [1]
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (May 2023) |
Semah ben Josiah ( Hebrew: צמח בן יאשיהו) was the great-grandson of Anan ben David, a Nasi, and the head of the Palestinian yeshiva in the 9th century. [1]
According to a fragment found in the Cairo Genizah ( T-S 312.82), Semah reigned as head of the Palestinian Yeshiva for 31 years and was a Rabbanite. [2] His children lost the position to the rival Gaonic family. [1] Another Genizah fragment (T-S 12.128) lists Semah as both a Rosh Yeshiva and a Nasi. [3]
Semah was proceeded in the Gaonate by his brother Jehoshaphat. [1]